On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Bob Hoffman wrote: > So, at wits end. Have gone back to plain text for pop3. > > I set up the ssl as per instructions but I always get a 'chain' > error first time trying to receive mail with my mail client. > > Comes down I believe to the need to get a CA for dovecot's pem files > or I will always get an error. You've got to tell your mail client to trust either the dovecot certificate or the CA cert that signed it. The procedure for doing so varies with your mail client. The message you sent to the list came from Outlook. Is that the client you typically use? -- Paul Heinlein <> heinlein at madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/